Deployment Guide

92 vFoglight
Installation and Setup Guide
Installing the vFoglight Agent Manager
The vFoglight Agent Manager manages agents installed on monitored hosts, providing a
centralized communications link between the vFoglight Management Server and the
agents. The vFoglight Agent Manager also provides a number of support services such
as installation, upgrade, and the ability to configure agents.
Note Throughout this chapter, the convention [option1|option2] is used in file names at points
where you must type, select, or otherwise specify one of multiple options.
Deploying the vFoglight Agent Manager Cartridge
vFoglight Agent Manager installer is delivered in the cartridge FglAM-windows-ia32-
5_2_4.car. This cartridge is available in Cartridge folder of the vFoglight installation
directory.
The following procedure outlines how to deploy the FglAM-windows-ia32-5_2_4.car
file on your vFoglight Management Server.
To deploy the vFoglight Agent Manager cartridge:
1 Log in to vFoglight.
2 Navigate to the Cartridge Inventory dashboard (Dashboards > Administration >
Cartridges > Cartridge Inventory).
3 Click the Browse button beside the File on Local Server field. The Choose File
window appears.
4 Navigate to your FglAM-windows-ia32-5_2_4.car file, and click on the Open
button. The File on Local Server field is now populated with the path to the
vFoglight Agent Manager installer.car file.
5 Ensure that the Enable on Install box is checked.
6 Click the Install Cartridge button.
Once you have deployed the applicable cartridge for the vFoglight Agent Manager, you
can then download the installer for your platform and install the vFoglight Agent
Manager. See “Downloading the vFoglight Agent Manager Installer” on page 93 and
“Installing the vFoglight Agent Manager” on page 94.